Is 2009 Defective?
Scott Martin, a long-time friend and collaborator of mine, has posted on Facebook that he thinks the year 2009 may be defective, and that he wonders if is still under warranty.
I thought this was wildly amusing, and a great jumping off point. I took the obvious next step:
Yes, hi, this is the warranty claims department. Yes. Well, it turns out that you decided not to get the “extended warranty” on your year. The limitations of the basic warranty are pretty … well… restrictive. Did you read the warranty terms? No? Do you have any evidence that you rang in the new year watching Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve? No? Well, that right there voided the warranty. I could go on, but that would just depress you. Here, let me transfer you to our legal department, as I suspect you may be in violation of 2009’s EULA, which you implicitly agreed to by living beyond 23:59:59 on December 31, 2008. Thank you for choosing Time for your event differentiation needs, and have a nice day.
Isn’t that the obvious next step?